Read and Reflect
Describe how you are currently implementing this strategy in your classroom with or without technology. Then share new insights or ideas you gained from this reading.
Setting Daily Objectives
I have to admit that while I set unit objectives with which my students are always familiar, I do not always set daily objectives. This is particularly true in my production classes because the same daily objective might be recurring over several days or a week. Example: "Complete video taping for public service announcement." There isn't much that changes until the projects are ready for post-production. This will be a challenge for me to accomplish in all of my classes, but since it is now required, I will comply. I guess it will be good for the kid who misses six or seven days of school in a row. :-)
Providing Feedback
I currently use rubrics for almost every assignment I give. I find they are helpful, but I also just realized that I assume too much about my students' ability to use rubrics effectively; they often do the assignment and then get the appropriate rubric for the project, and then turn in the rubric with the project. What they need to be doing is checking the rubric first to see what the requirements/expectations are, and then begin the project using the rubric along the way as a guideline just like they would a set of instructions.
I create many rubrics and I think that Rubistar might be quite helpful for some of the projects that I have in my classes. Teachers need to be careful about using the verbiage that is provided in the descriptions, etc. There are many typographical errors/spelling errors.
Describe how you are currently implementing this strategy in your classroom with or without technology. Then share new insights or ideas you gained from this reading.
Setting Daily Objectives
I have to admit that while I set unit objectives with which my students are always familiar, I do not always set daily objectives. This is particularly true in my production classes because the same daily objective might be recurring over several days or a week. Example: "Complete video taping for public service announcement." There isn't much that changes until the projects are ready for post-production. This will be a challenge for me to accomplish in all of my classes, but since it is now required, I will comply. I guess it will be good for the kid who misses six or seven days of school in a row. :-)
Providing Feedback
I currently use rubrics for almost every assignment I give. I find they are helpful, but I also just realized that I assume too much about my students' ability to use rubrics effectively; they often do the assignment and then get the appropriate rubric for the project, and then turn in the rubric with the project. What they need to be doing is checking the rubric first to see what the requirements/expectations are, and then begin the project using the rubric along the way as a guideline just like they would a set of instructions.
Apply and Reflect
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php?screen=ShowRubric&module=Rubistar&rubric_id=1938543&
I create many rubrics and I think that Rubistar might be quite helpful for some of the projects that I have in my classes. Teachers need to be careful about using the verbiage that is provided in the descriptions, etc. There are many typographical errors/spelling errors.